Honourable Minister of Defence! Honourable Commander of the National Armed Forces! Esteemed Commander of the National Armed Forces Staff Battalion! Soldiers! Distinguished guests! I greet you all on Lāčplēsis Day! Today we not only commemorate and honour all those soldiers who fought and fell for our Latvia, but also express our gratitude to all of you – members of our armed forces, National Guard, and those serving in the justice and interior affairs systems, as well as everyone who is…
Honourable Minister of Defence! Honourable Commander of the National Armed Forces! Esteemed Commander of the National Armed Forces Staff Battalion! Soldiers! Distinguished guests! I greet you all on Lāčplēsis Day! Today we not only commemorate and honour all those soldiers who fought and fell for our Latvia, but also express our gratitude to all of you – members of our armed forces, National Guard, and those serving in the justice and interior affairs systems, as well as everyone who is standing guard over our country, our Latvia today. This is a day when, upon meeting a soldier, we greet them and say thank you. But these are also anxious times. Just last night, air-raid alerts sounded in many parts of Latvia. In many places, our armed…
